Journal of Speech, Language, and Hearing Research Vol.50 352-360 April 2007. doi:10.1044/1092-4388(2007/025)
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Physiologic Development of Tongue–Jaw Coordination From Childhood to Adulthood

Hei Yan Cheng
Bruce E. Murdoch
Justine V. Goozée
Dion Scott
The University of Queensland, Brisbane, Queensland, Australia

Contact author: Hei Yan Cheng, The University of Queensland, Brisbane, Queensland 4072, Australia. E-mail: y.cheng{at}shrs.uq.edu.au.

Purpose: This investigation aimed to examine the development of tongue–jaw coordination during speech from childhood to adolescence.

Method: Electromagnetic articulography was used to track tongue and jaw motion in 48 children and adults (aged 6–38 years) during productions of /t/ and /k/ embedded in sentences.

Results: The coordinative organization of the tongue and jaw exhibited changes until the age of 8–11 years and continued to undergo refinement into late adolescence. The tongue–tip and tongue–body were observed to develop unique kinematic relations with the jaw. While tongue–tip movement became increasingly synchronized with jaw movement, tongue–body and jaw retained movement independence but developed a more consistent kinematic relation.

Conclusion: The present results support the notion that speech motor development is nonuniform, with a refinement period from mid-childhood to late adolescence.

KEY WORDS: speech development, motor control, articulation, EMA, tongue, jaw


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